Prostate cancer symptoms: Eating more of this vegetable can help cut the risk of disease

PROSTATE CANCER symptoms can be difficult to detect in the early stages, and it’s not until it progresses that signs begin to show. But according to some studies, adding certain foods to your diet, like broccoli, can reduce your risk of developing the disease.

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Prostate cancer symptoms: Eating more of a particular vegetable can help cut the risk

Broccoli is a vegetable that contains many complex compounds that could can help protect some people from cancer

Broccoli is a vegetable that contains many complex compounds that could can help protect some people from cancer, according to studies.

Research has suggested there’s a link between the amount of cruciferous vegetables you eat and your prostate cancer risk.

While the reasons why are still unclear, researchers propose that one of the phytochemical found in these vegetables, called sulforaphane, selectively targets and kills cancer cells while leaving normal prostate cells healthy and unaffected.

Cruciferous vegetables refers to plants in the cabbage family.

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